TY - JOUR

T1 - "White and educated?"

T2 - Toward a (More) Diverse Climate Movement

AU - Siem, Birte

AU - Essien, Iniobong

N1 - An earlier version of this article has been published in the German version of In-Mind.

PY - 2025

Y1 - 2025

N2 - Incidents like the one involving Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, who was cropped out of a group photo with other climate activists, are emblematic of the assumption that climate protection is primarily a concern of White people. In this article, we explore potential (social) psychological explanations for the lack of (perceived) diversity in climate activism, as well as approaches to increase diversity.

AB - Incidents like the one involving Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, who was cropped out of a group photo with other climate activists, are emblematic of the assumption that climate protection is primarily a concern of White people. In this article, we explore potential (social) psychological explanations for the lack of (perceived) diversity in climate activism, as well as approaches to increase diversity.

KW - Gender and Diversity

KW - BIPoC

KW - Socioeconomic status

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

KW - Climate movement

KW - climate justice

KW - climate change

KW - Diversity

KW - Psychology

KW - social psychology

KW - Sociology

UR - https://in-mind.org/article/white-and-educated-toward-a-more-diverse-climate-movement

M3 - Journal articles

JO - In-Mind magazine (engl.)

JF - In-Mind magazine (engl.)

SN - 1877-5306

IS - 57

ER -